VOOZH about

URL: https://www.wordreference.com/definition/loaf

⇱ loaf - WordReference.com Dictionary of English

loaf

Listen:
UK:**UK and possibly other pronunciationsUK and possibly other pronunciations/ˈləʊf/US:USA pronunciation: IPA and respellingUSA pronunciation: IPA/loʊf/ ,USA pronunciation: respelling(lōf )

Inflections of 'loaf' (n): npl: loaves

WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2026
loaf1 /loʊf/USA pronunciation   n. [countable]pl. loaves (lōvz).
  1. Fooda shaped or molded mass of bread.
  2. Fooda similar shaped or molded mass of food:a meat loaf.

loaf2 /loʊf/USA pronunciation   v. 
  1. to pass time idly: [no object]He loafed during the summer.[~ + object]to loaf the afternoon away.
loaf•er, n. [countable]

WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2026
loaf1  (lōf ),USA pronunciation n., pl. loaves  (lōvz).USA pronunciation 
  1. Fooda portion of bread or cake baked in a mass, usually oblong with a rounded top.
  2. Fooda shaped or molded mass of food, as of sugar or chopped meat:a veal loaf.
  3. British Terms
    • Foodthe rounded head of a cabbage, lettuce, etc.
    • Slang (older use). head or brains:Use your loaf.
  • bef. 950; Middle English lo(o)f, Old English hlāf loaf, bread; cognate with German Laib, Old Norse hleifr, Gothic hlaifs

loaf2  (lōf ),USA pronunciation v.i. 
  1. to idle away time:He figured the mall was as good a place as any for loafing.
  2. to lounge or saunter lazily and idly:We loafed for hours along the water's edge.

v.t. 
  1. to pass idly (usually fol. by away):to loaf one's life away.
  • back formation from loafer 1825–35, American.
    2. loll, idle.
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::
loaf /ləʊf/ n ( pl loaves /ləʊvz/)
  1. a shaped mass of baked bread
  2. any shaped or moulded mass of food, such as cooked meat
  3. slang the head; sense: use your loaf!
Etymology: Old English hlāf; related to Old High German hleib bread, Old Norse hleifr, Latin libum cake
loaf /ləʊf/ vb
  1. (intransitive) to loiter or lounge around in an idle way
  2. (transitive) followed by away: to spend (time) idly: he loafed away his life
Etymology: 19th Century: perhaps back formation from loafer
'loaf' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):
Collocations: a loaf of [whole-wheat, cereal, sliced] bread, a (half) -kilo loaf (of bread), a [fresh, baked, frozen] loaf, more...

🗣️Forum discussions with the word(s) "loaf" in the title:

'Soreen' is a brand of malt loaf.
(off / from) the loaf
a loaf of farmhouse bread nestled within an embroidered c
Any discarded loaf / loaves
Bake lye into a loaf of bread
Cockney Rhyming Slang: loaf (of bread)
Cut bread vs cut a loaf of bread
cut out of the loaf
do nothing/muck around/wait time/socially loaf
Every baby comes with a loaf of bread under his arm
First slice of a loaf of bread
half a loaf / half of a loaf
Half a loaf / Half of a loaf
half a loaf guy
Half a loaf of compromises
half a loaf or a third of a loaf
I give bread/breads to my relatives. I made a (loaf of) bread
I kept another small loaf to make my supper <on when> I came back at night.
I sat down to my brown loaf, my egg, and my rasher of bacon, and () made a most delicious meal.
leaves him out the loaf and some milk
Little extra cheese on the taco? / She's baking a loaf of bread, and I think it's sourdough.
Loaf
loaf of bread
Loaf of bread - redundant?
loaf out
Only a loaf of French bread
pinches off his daily loaf
Sliced the long loaf lengthwise
the beef light of my loaf
the charisma of an upended loaf of sliced white bread
more...

Look up "loaf" at Merriam-Webster
Look up "loaf" at dictionary.com
  • Go to Preferences page and choose from different actions for taps or mouse clicks.

In other languages: Spanish | French | Italian | Portuguese | Romanian | German | Dutch | Swedish | Russian | Polish | Czech | Greek | Turkish | Chinese | Japanese | Korean | Arabic

Advertisements
Advertisements
Report an inappropriate ad.
WordReference.com
WORD OF THE DAY
GET THE DAILY EMAIL!
Become a WordReference Supporter to view the site ad-free.
Firefox users: use search shortcuts for the fastest search of WordReference.
Copyright © 2026 WordReference.com
Please report any problems.